Samsung has officially denied reports it plans to exit the consumer SATA SSD market. This comes after Micron pulled its Crucial brand, sparking panic. However, the broader memory shortage fueled by AI demand is very real and will keep prices high.
AI is transforming higher education far beyond student essays, impacting specialized fields like engineering and medicine. The rapid evolution of agentic AI could automate administration and personalize learning, potentially making education more accessible. Institutions that fail to adapt their pol
Following a week of intense criticism, Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke has announced the studio will hold an AMA and re-evaluate its processes. The backlash stemmed from Vincke admitting the studio uses AI for tasks like brainstorming and placeholder text, sparking fears about artistic integrity and
Yann LeCun is pushing back on the industry’s grand “quest” for artificial general intelligence. Meanwhile, Databricks just secured a massive new funding round to compete in the enterprise AI platform wars.
A new imaging system uses special nanoparticles and a superconducting detector to make cancer cells light up, separating them from healthy tissue. The goal is to create a rapid screening tool to accelerate diagnosis, but clinical use still faces hurdles.
The no-code app development platform Lovable has raised a massive $330 million Series B round at a $6.6 billion valuation. The round was led by Google’s CapitalG and included Nvidia’s venture arm, tripling the company’s valuation since July.
A new report details how companies are using ultimatums to force AI on their workforce. This strategy of fear is creating the opposite of genuine progress.
Researchers have transformed a slow, lab-bound 3D printing technique into a potential manufacturing powerhouse. Using arrays of metalenses, they can now print intricate nanoscale structures over centimeter areas at speeds a thousand times faster than before. This could finally bring this precise tec
A busy day in tech biz. Amazon is shaking up its top AI leadership as Rohit Prasad departs. Meanwhile, Oracle’s massive $10 billion data center project faces a funding snag. And in a surprise move, the Oscars are leaving ABC for YouTube.
Endra, a Swedish startup, just landed a massive $20 million seed round led by Notion Capital. Its AI software aims to slash the time needed to design building systems from months to less than a day. The funding will fuel a major team expansion and new offices in the US, UK, and Germany.
